Composition of matter.



UNITED sTATns PATENT orricn.

FRANK A. CRAKDALL OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMPOSITION OF MATTER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed April 6, 1908. Serial No. 425,544.

To all whom it my concern:

Be'it known that I, FRANK A. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 2034 Indiana avenue, Chicago, in'the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter to be Used in Filling'Cracks and Improving the Surface of Wood, Iron, Stone, Plaster, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The herein described composition of matter can beused for filling cracks and crevices and putting a surface on rough woodwork.

The herein described composition of matter is of a pasty consistency and consists of a liquid and powder to be combined. The liquid consists of water, salt, oil of Sassafras and glycerin. The powder consists of plaster of paris, dextrin, white lead, the whole intimately commingled.

I find that the following formula and method of mixing gives the best results Liquid. Water 93% lbs. Salt 5 lbs. Oil'of Sassafras; 1 lb. Glycerin i 1b..

' Powder. Plaster of paris 80 lbs. Dextrin 13' lbs.

White lead 7 lbs.

VVhatI claim and desire to secure by Letters'Patent of the United States is:

The herein-described composition of mat ter for filling cracks and surfacing wood, consisting of water ninety-three and threefourths pounds, salt five pounds, oil of sass-afras one pound. and glycerin one-fourth pound, plaster of paris, eighty pounds, dextrin thirteen pounds and White lead seven pounds, combined substantially as stated.

In testimony whereof I have signed'my name to the specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses:

FRANK'A. CRANDALL.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN M. SMITH, M. CRAWLEY. 

